Q. Do you believe Elizabeth Taylor will ever marry George...

March 23, 1988

Q. Do you believe Elizabeth Taylor will ever marry George Hamilton?

A. That's highly unlikely -- not because Taylor has anything against Hamilton. It's just that she's not keen on getting married again. Taylor observers have for months wondered whether her next husband would be Hamilton or super-rich industrialist Malcolm Forbes. Forbes seemed to be winning out for a while. Now Hamilton is back, having escorted Taylor to a mid-March AIDS fund-raiser in Florida.

Q. How is that wonderful science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke? Has he written anything lately?

A. Distinguished sci-fi author Clarke still is going strong, and recently celebrated his 70th birthday. His latest book is 2061: Odyssey Three, out in hardcover. Clarke says, ''I'm keeping very busy on four novels, a half-dozen books and two movies -- I still have a good chance of seeing what really happens in 2001!''